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Science 3 September 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4563, pp. 931 - 934
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4563.931
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Functional Morphology of Homo habilis

RANDALL L. SUSMAN 1 and JACK T. STERN 1

1 Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island 11794

Olduvai hominid (O.H.) fossils 7, 8, and 35 represent the earliest species of the genus Homo dated at 1.76 million years. The O.H. 7 hand, jaw, and skull and the O.H. 8 foot come from one subadult individual, and the O.H. 35 leg are also those of Homo habilis. The skeleton represents a mosaic of primitive and derived features, indicating an early hominid which walked bipedally and could fabricate stone tools but also retained the generalized hominoid capacity to climb trees.

Submitted on March 29, 1982
Revised on June 8, 1982


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